Investment management in provident funds is an activity of increasing importance of late in light of the declining interest rates regime and the consequent pressure to generate the statutory return. The challenges faced by the PFs are

• Striking a proper balance between risk and return; proactive and alert investment decisions
• Access to proper and timely market information for investment management
• Still in the process of learning good portfolio management, valuation and risk management practices

The need of the PFs today is

• High quality information on the debt markets at an affordable price (most PFs can not afford livewire services such as Bloomberg or Reuters)
• Easy to use tools for investment management
• Qualitative and Quantitative analysis of portfolio

These are the key issues that DebtonNet seeks to address which will assist the funds and help them perform better in the current competitive interest rate scenario.